Posts tagged flowers

Sitting pretty.

Sitting pretty.

Macro Monday. The Getaway!  ( This was not an easy catch and I was pretty pleased to get several frames. Click to enlarge though or it just looks like a flower! )

Macro Monday’s double-header.

Macro Monday’s double-header.

Blue Morpho for Macro Monday.

Blue Morpho for Macro Monday.

Chinese Lantern flowers (Physalis Alkekengi)

Chinese Lantern flowers (Physalis Alkekengi)

Swish 2

Swish 2

No bugs, bees or beavers to be found yesterday at the nature park so, bored, I found myself experimenting with the big pink flowers (see previous post). Swish 1–a fast pan with continuous shooting at 1/50, f14. So, my question to you all is…should the experimenting continue?

No bugs, bees or beavers to be found yesterday at the nature park so, bored, I found myself experimenting with the big pink flowers (see previous post). Swish 1–a fast pan with continuous shooting at 1/50, f14. So, my question to you all is…should the experimenting continue?

Dreaming…

Dreaming…

BOKEH For those of you who are wondering what photographers mean when they refer to bokeh…or for those who have never heard the word before. Notice how the background gets soft and “blurry”? Well, that’s bokeh. It is created by using a wide-open depth of field. (a small number like f2.8, f4…) This highlights your subject by keeping it in focus while softening the surrounding details. These two shots were taken at f13(although f18 would have been a better example) and f2.8 respectively, using a Canon 100M F2.8 L IS MACRO. Say it together now…bokeh.

BOKEH

For those of you who are wondering what photographers mean when they refer to bokeh…or for those who have never heard the word before.

Notice how the background gets soft and “blurry”? Well, that’s bokeh. It is created by using a wide-open depth of field. (a small number like f2.8, f4…) This highlights your subject by keeping it in focus while softening the surrounding details. These two shots were taken at f13(although f18 would have been a better example) and f2.8 respectively, using a Canon 100M F2.8 L IS MACRO.

Say it together now…bokeh.